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King and many others who live in the mountain’s shadow say most Alaskans will never stop calling the peak Denali, its Alaska Native name, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order that the name revert to Mount McKinley -- an identifier inspired by President William McKinley, who was from Ohio and never set foot in Alaska.
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In a 28 to 10 vote, a resolution urging President Donald Trump to maintain Denali as the official name for the tallest mountain in North America passed the house on Monday during the first session of the 34th Legislature.
The 47th president is wading back into a century-long dispute over the name we give to North America’s tallest mountain
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The vote came a week after Trump on his first day in office signed an executive order calling for the name to revert to Mount McKinley.
Dunleavy offered no opinion on Trump's decision to rename Denali as Mount McKinley, saying he wanted to speak with the president before sharing his own view.
Alaska House members passed a resolution Monday urging President Trump not to rename Mount Denali to Mount Mckinley. Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office that undid a
The Alaska House voted 28-10 to adopt a resolution signaling their opposition to changing the name of North America’s tallest peak.
The House resolution, sponsored by Rep. Maxine Dibert, D-Fairbanks, says the name Denali is “deeply ingrained in the state’s culture and identity” and urges Trump to maintain Denali as the peak’s official name in federal databases.